Alexander Gail

PriMAT: A robust multi-animal tracking model for primates in the wild

PriMAT tracks and identifies primates in the wild using bounding boxes, achieving 84% accuracy in lemur identification with minimal labeled data.

Multivariate Transfer Entropy Quantifies Information Transfer Between Dyadic Partners During Real-Time Perceptual Decision-Making

This study uses multivariate transfer entropy to analyze real-time social information transfer during perceptual decision-making in dyadic interactions.

Freely foraging macaques value information in ambiguous terrains

This study shows macaques use information-seeking as part of their foraging strategy in ambiguous terrains, with individual differences in preference for information, reward, or proximity.

Continuous dynamics of cooperation and competition in social decision-making

The paper develops a continuous social decision-making game to study cooperation and competition, finding three stable strategies and a computational model that predicts dyadic decisions with high accuracy.

Planning and movement activities co-adapt in a motor-reference frame during 3D BCI-controlled reach adaptation in monkey frontal and parietal cortices

The paper investigates visuomotor adaptation in rhesus monkeys using a BCI, finding that frontal and parietal cortices adapt to movement-contingent visual feedback, with stronger transfer of planning activity to movement corrections in the frontal cortex.

Confidence over competence: Real-time integration of social information in human continuous perceptual decision-making

The paper shows that in dyadic settings, humans show higher perceptual confidence without improved accuracy, with less competent individuals benefiting from social convergence.

Position- and scale-invariant object-centered spatial selectivity in monkey frontoparietal cortex dynamically adapts to task demand

The paper shows that neurons in monkey frontoparietal cortex dynamically switch between object-centered and egocentric spatial encoding based on task demands during reach planning.

A model for cortical activity sequences

The paper shows that correlated asymmetric connectivity in neural networks generates spatiotemporal activity sequences, while symmetric connectivity produces stationary spatial bumps.

Human and macaque pairs employ different coordination strategies in a transparent decision game

This study compares coordination strategies in human and macaque pairs during a transparent decision game, finding that humans use dynamic turn-taking while macaques use static coordination, with one trained macaque pair showing dynamic behavior.

Statistical determinants of visuomotor adaption along different dimensions during naturalistic 3D reaches

This study investigates how motor adaptation varies across three-dimensional movement planes and identifies Kalman gain as a factor explaining adaptation rate differences.

Universal guide for skull extraction and custom-fitting of implants to continuous and discontinuous skulls

The paper provides a step-by-step guide for custom-fitting implants to skulls with continuous or discontinuous surfaces, using virtual bending and CAD tools, and demonstrates its application in rhesus monkeys.

The Cone Method: Inferring Decision Times from Single-Trial 3D Movement Trajectories in Choice Behavior

The paper introduces the cone method to estimate decision times from single-trial 3D movement trajectories in choice behavior, showing it matches expected effects and performs comparably to trial-averaging methods.

Wireless recording from unrestrained monkeys reveals motor goal encoding beyond immediate reach in frontoparietal cortex

This study uses a new experimental setup to show that frontoparietal cortex encodes reach goals beyond immediate reach during movement planning in unrestrained monkeys.

Comparing open-source toolboxes for processing and analysis of spike and local field potentials data

The paper compares open-source toolboxes for spike and LFP data analysis, evaluating their functionality, documentation, and performance on datasets.

Evolutionary successful strategies in a transparent iterated Prisoner's Dilemma

The paper studies how transparency affects strategy success in an iterated Prisoner's Dilemma using evolutionary simulations, finding that WSLS dominates low/moderate transparency while Leader-Follower outperforms at maximal transparency.